It being desirable that a general convention should be substituted
for the various instruments of mutual agreement
at present existing between Great Britain and the Sandwich Islands, the
following articles have, for that purpose
and to that intent, been mutually agreed upon and signed between
the Governments of Great Britain and the Sandwich Islands, and it has been
determined that any other Treaty or Conventional
Agreement, now existing between the respective
parties, shall be henceforward abrogated and considered null and of no
effect:

ARITCLE I.
There shall be perpetual peace and amity between Her Majesty the Queen
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the King of the
Sandwich Islands, their heirs and successors.

ARITCLE II. The
subjects of Her Britannic Majesty residing within the dominions of the
King of the Sandwich Islands, shall enjoy the same protection in regard
to their civil rights as well as to their persons and properties, as native
subjects; and the King of the Sandwich Islands engages to giant to British
subjects the same rights and privileges which now are, or hereafter may
be, granted to or enjoyed by any other foreigners, subjects of the most
favored nation.

ARITCLE III.
No British subject accused of any crime whatever shall be judged otherwise
than by a jury composed of native or foreign residents, proposed the British
Consul and accepted by the Government of the Sandwich Islands.

ARITCLE IV.
The protection of the King of the Sandwich Islands shall be extended to
all British vessels, their officers and crews. In case of shipwreck, the
chiefs and inhabitants of the different parts of the Sandwich Islands shall
succour them and secure them from plunder. The salvage dues shall be regulated,
in case of dispute, by arbitrators chosen by both parties

ARITCLE V.
The desertion of seamen embarked on board of British vessels shall be severely
repressed by the local authorities; who shall employ all the means at their
disposal to arrest deserters; and all reasonable expenses of capture shall
be defrayed by the captains and owners of the said vessels.

ARITCLE VI.
British merchandise or goods recognized as coming from the British
dominions, shall not be prohibited, nor shall they be subject to an import
duty higher than five per cent ad valorem. Wines, brandies, and
other spirituous liquors are however excepted from the stipulation, and
shall he liable to such reasonable duty as the Hawaiian Government may
think; fit to lay upon them, provided always that the amount of duty shall
not be so high as absolutely to prohibit the importation of the said articles.

ARITCLE VII.
No tonnage, import or other duties shall be levied on British vessels,
or goods imported in British vessel, beyond what are levied on vessels
or goods of the most favored nation.

ARITCLE VIII. The
subjects of the King of the Sandwich Islands shall, in their commercial
or other relations with Great Britain, be treated on the footing of the
most favored nation.